Prayers and Meditations — §796
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 796 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
إِذًا أَسْئَلُكَ يا إِلهِي بِاسْمِكَ الَّذِيْ بِهِ هَدَيْتَ العاشِقِينَ إِلى كَوْثَرِ فَضْلِكَ وَأَلْطافِكَ وَاجْتَذَبْتَ المُشْتاقِينَ إِلى رِضْوانِ قُرْبِكَ وَلِقائِكَ، بِأَنْ تَفْتَحَ أَبْصارَ بَرِيَّتِكَ لِيَشْهَدُنَّ فِي هذا الظُّهُورِ ظُهُورَ عِزِّ فَرْدانِيَّتِكَ وَطُلُوعَ أَنْوارِ وَجْهِكَ وَجَمالِكَ، ثُمَّ طَهِّرْهُمْ يا إِلهِي مِنَ الظُّنُونِ وَالأَوْهامِ لِيَجِدُنَّ رَوائِحَ التَّقْدِيسِ مِنْ قَمِيْصِ ظُهُورِكَ وَأَمْرِكَ لَعَلَّ لا يَرِدُ مِنْهُمْ عَلَيَّ ما تَمْنَعُ بِهِ أَنْفُسَهُمْ مِنْ نَفَحاتِ شُئُونِ رَحْمانِيَّتِكَ فِي أَيَّامِ ظُهُورِ مَظْهَرِ نَفْسِكَ وَمَطْلَعِ أَمْرِكَ، وَلا يَرْتَكِبُنَّ ما تَجْعَلُ بِهِ ذَواتَهُمْ مُسْتَحِقَّةً لِظُهُوراتِ قَهْرِكَ وَغَضَبِكَ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
I entreat Thee, therefore, O my God, by Thy Name through which Thou hast guided Thy lovers to the living waters of Thy grace and Thy favors, and attracted them that long for Thee to the Paradise of Thy nearness and Thy presence, to open the eyes of Thy people that they may recognize in this Revelation the manifestation of Thy transcendent unity, and the dawning of the lights of Thy countenance and Thy beauty. Cleanse them, then, O my God, from all idle fancies and vain imaginations, that they may inhale the fragrances of sanctity from the robe of Thy Revelation and Thy commandment, that haply they may cease to inflict upon me what will deprive their souls of the fragrances of the manifold tokens of Thy mercy, that are wafted in the days of Him Who is the Manifestation of Thyself, and the Dayspring of Thy Cause, and that they may not perpetrate what will call down Thy wrath and anger.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: I imploregleaningsGWB §112: I beseechkitab-i-iqanKIQ §133: ponderprayers-and-meditationsP&M §618: and callest to accountepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: askgleaningsGWB §300: questionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §200: was questionedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §654: Thee
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §73: uttered by Godfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §64: God is Our witnesskitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §236: ‘Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §229: Thy Divinitytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: heaven
name 85% most 6% whose 3% through 1% treasured 1% brightness 1% called 1% all-glorious 1% invested 1% bearer 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §99: He Who is the Object of all namesfire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §528: confessedly sokitab-i-iqanKIQ §26: “Heavenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §235: and all that are in heaventablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: My saketablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: divine attributes
This form usually rendered as “didst”, “hast”, “thou” (3 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: guidance ofgleaningsGWB §311: guidingkitab-i-ahdAhd §14: leadethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §245: have shownprayers-and-meditationsP&M §5: Thy guidanceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §227: the guidancegleaningsGWB §554: shall We assuredly guide himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: His divine guidance
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §127: of Lovefire-tabletFire §41: LovegleaningsGWB §271: the lovers of Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §216: passionate devotionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §671: Thy loversthe-hidden-wordsHW §130: his belovedwill-and-testamentW&T §13: Divine loveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §62: lovers
كَوْثَرِ
literal: abundance/fountain; abundance, fountain in paradise
living 56% waters 9% river 9% through 6% stream 3% cup 3% life-giving 3% everlasting 3% plenteous 3% after 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: through the living watersgleaningsGWB §435: streamprayers-and-meditationsP&M §5: the riverepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §109: living watersgleaningsGWB §60: the life-giving watersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §89: fountainepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: the living watersgleaningsGWB §57: cup
grace 91% loving-kindness 2% tender 2% bounty 1% token 1% whose 1% bounteousness 1% gracious 1% mercy 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: graciouslygleaningsGWB §360: men of consummate learningkitab-i-ahdAhd §11: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §109: the most distinguishedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §235: of Thy bountiful favortablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a bountythe-hidden-wordsHW §1: as a token of gracewill-and-testamentW&T §12: All-Bountiful
favors 32% loving-kindness 13% gifts 13% tender 11% bountiful 8% bounties 6% manifold 5% favor 5% bounty 5% transcendent 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: is puregleaningsGWB §327: subtle Realitykitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: graceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §150: of Thy giftsthe-hidden-wordsHW §109: loving and kindnessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §15: bountiesgleaningsGWB §655: of Thy loving-kindnesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: Its noble
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §22: lodestonefire-tabletFire §3: O EnchantergleaningsGWB §31: attractedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §163: transportsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §171: of raptureepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: been enrapturedgleaningsGWB §32: have been made to vibrateprayers-and-meditationsP&M §674: carried away
SE expanded to “long for Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: longingfire-tabletFire §41: Thy yearninggleaningsGWB §118: thirstkitab-i-iqanKIQ §163: yearningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §173: vehement longingthe-hidden-wordsHW §51: thy longingwill-and-testamentW&T §14: urgingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: such as yearn for
paradise 46% garden 15% tabernacle 8% heaven 8% peerless 4% good-pleasure 4% most 4% everlasting 4% unto 4% celestial 4%
gleaningsGWB §100: tabernaclekitab-i-iqanKIQ §265: acquiescence to His willprayers-and-meditationsP&M §308: of Thy pleasurethe-hidden-wordsHW §109: OF MY PARADISEgleaningsGWB §287: the good-pleasurekitab-i-iqanKIQ §34: of divine favourprayers-and-meditationsP&M §406: the garden of Thythe-hidden-wordsHW §129: towards His paradise
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §163: at handfire-tabletFire §2: Those who are near unto TheegleaningsGWB §590: Our well-favored oneskitab-i-ahdAhd §13: Kindredkitab-i-iqanKIQ §170: innermostprayers-and-meditationsP&M §673: and all such as have drawn nigh unto Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: the Presencetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: the favoured of God
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §77: impartedfire-tabletFire §33: to the Divine PresencegleaningsGWB §118: unto Thy Presencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §151: Attainment unto such presenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §66: and from beholding Thy facetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §20: of His Presencethe-hidden-wordsHW §4: have engraved on theewill-and-testamentW&T §41: sowing the seeds
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: of insightgleaningsGWB §505: thy sightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §119: seeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §326: man endued with insighttablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: heartthe-hidden-wordsHW §143: betterepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §173: a keengleaningsGWB §563: discerning eye
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: mankindgleaningsGWB §517: Who hath created youprayers-and-meditationsP&M §385: of Thy creaturesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §9: creationgleaningsGWB §528: heal or cureprayers-and-meditationsP&M §622: are healedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: mengleaningsGWB §621: His creatures
This form usually rendered as “may” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: is well awarefire-tabletFire §48: the placegleaningsGWB §540: Regardkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: appearethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §26: provedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §774: have apprehendedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: have We found themthe-hidden-wordsHW §58: couldst thou but see
revelation 59% manifestation 16% dispensation 8% advent 4% appearance 3% made 3% through 2% divine 2% every 2% unveiled 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §230: shall make manifestfire-tabletFire §23: springgleaningsGWB §666: the faults of one anotherkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: dayspringskitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: the literal interpretationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §840: the means for the revelationtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assistthe-hidden-wordsHW §104: to appear
glory 42% transcendent 22% exalted 10% all-glorious 5% might 4% glorious 4% most 4% majesty 4% glorified 3% almighty 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: the power of Thy mightgleaningsGWB §402: All-Powerfulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §203: and powerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §260: noblestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: Incomparablethe-hidden-wordsHW §107: cherishwill-and-testamentW&T §4: endearedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: exalted
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: the Singlefire-tabletFire §17: lonelygleaningsGWB §251: His onenesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §191: essentialprayers-and-meditationsP&M §233: Thine own eyetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: forlornwill-and-testamentW&T §12: Holyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: the Peerless
This form usually rendered as “rise”, “rises”, “revelation” (10 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §109: flashethfire-tabletFire §16: embodimentsgleaningsGWB §221: instigatorskitab-i-ahdAhd §8: sourceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §47: Revealers of the divine Beautyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §229: and the Manifestationstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: may understandthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: before the countenance
light 48% splendors 23% lights 13% brightness 4% effulgence 3% resplendent 2% glory 2% luminaries 2% all 1% effulgent 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: suns of Thy goodly giftsfire-tabletFire §48: and with the fire ofgleaningsGWB §637: effulgentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: Muhammad’s illuminedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §750: into the brightness oftablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: splendourthe-hidden-wordsHW §13: of My lightwill-and-testamentW&T §13: radiantly
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: to the countenancefire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §338: hath turned his face towardskitab-i-ahdAhd §4: set his facekitab-i-iqanKIQ §284: meaningsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §165: of Thy countenancetablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hast directed towards me Thy stepsthe-hidden-wordsHW §16: unto Mine
beauty 85% gaze 2% face 2% whose 2% countenance 1% glory 1% contemplation 1% swear 1% most 1% through 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: of His beautygleaningsGWB §125: My beauteous Namekitab-i-ahdAhd §14: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §246: theprayers-and-meditationsP&M §716: facetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §28: her beautythe-hidden-wordsHW §88: everlasting beautywill-and-testamentW&T §3: One of them
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: shall be cleansedgleaningsGWB §156: He it is Who purifiedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §170: Purgeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §838: may be cleansedthe-hidden-wordsHW §60: cleanse itepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §10: puregleaningsGWB §486: cleanse thine heartprayers-and-meditationsP&M §535: wash me
This form usually rendered as “idle”, “vain”, “fancy” (46 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: Thinkestfire-tabletFire §24: fancygleaningsGWB §685: vain desireskitab-i-iqanKIQ §164: doubtprayers-and-meditationsP&M §671: of my fanciestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §13: superstitionsthe-hidden-wordsHW §63: thy fanciesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: of your idle fancies
This form usually rendered as “vain”, “idle”, “vague” (55 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: vain imaginingsfire-tabletFire §24: idle imaginingsgleaningsGWB §125: vain hopeskitab-i-iqanKIQ §85: idle and faulty conceptionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §796: and vain imaginationstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: of delusionthe-hidden-wordsHW §144: FANCYwill-and-testamentW&T §34: suspicion
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §248: is extantfire-tabletFire §49: thou canst breathegleaningsGWB §474: disbelievethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §137: whosoeverprayers-and-meditationsP&M §515: human existencetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §36: Shouldst thou inhalethe-hidden-wordsHW §14: that thou mayest findwill-and-testamentW&T §22: existent
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: with the Spiritfire-tabletFire §49: fragrancegleaningsGWB §152: heavenly delightkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: happinesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: delightprayers-and-meditationsP&M §65: breezestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §25: of heaventhe-hidden-wordsHW §17: with My spirit
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: HolygleaningsGWB §176: pure and stainlesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §99: celestialprayers-and-meditationsP&M §29: purify metablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: hath exaltedthe-hidden-wordsHW §120: purewill-and-testamentW&T §18: detachment from all worldly thingsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §109: sanctify
fire-tabletFire §44: the garmentgleaningsGWB §187: their garmentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §762: of Thy raimenttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: robesthe-hidden-wordsHW §1: and clothed itwill-and-testamentW&T §10: my vesturegleaningsGWB §589: robeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: of the garments
This form usually rendered as “cause”, “revelation”, “behest” (244 occurrences)
cause 62% revelation 14% behest 6% faith 4% bidding 4% commandment 3% decree 2% affairs 2% through 2% command 1%
This form usually rendered as “must”, “hurt”, “exposed” (9 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: Upon Our arrivalgleaningsGWB §507: have enduredkitab-i-iqanKIQ §101: was inflictedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §215: have befallen Theewill-and-testamentW&T §49: in the midst of my woesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §184: hath been perpetratedgleaningsGWB §491: We be exposed tokitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: attain and enter
This form usually rendered as “can”, “withhold”, “debar” (24 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §153: obstaclegleaningsGWB §173: obstructethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §197: is stilledprayers-and-meditationsP&M §157: to be kept back fromtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: arise against theethe-hidden-wordsHW §157: goodlywill-and-testamentW&T §56: hindranceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: forbade it
own 36% themselves 30% souls 9% within 6% hearts 6% lives 4% proper 2% what 2% persons 2% heedlessness 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §174: Not one single soulgleaningsGWB §707: the same askitab-i-iqanKIQ §114: resideth withinprayers-and-meditationsP&M §235: within himselftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: within thyselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §71: for My Selfwill-and-testamentW&T §44: souls such as theseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §140: ones
sweet 28% breezes 20% fragrances 16% breaths 13% breath 9% fragrance 9% ecstasy 1% vitalizing 1% assail 1% breeze 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §10: breathgleaningsGWB §433: to assail youkitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: sweet savoursprayers-and-meditationsP&M §100: sweet smellwill-and-testamentW&T §27: the Fragrances of Godepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: breathsgleaningsGWB §111: sweet fragrancekitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: the perfume
This form usually rendered as “rank”, “bounds”, “station” (7 occurrences)
SE expanded to “manifold tokens of Thy”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: the stationfire-tabletFire §27: the signsgleaningsGWB §48: glorieskitab-i-iqanKIQ §267: understandingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §346: evidencesthe-hidden-wordsHW §68: My statewill-and-testamentW&T §15: all earthly thingsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: distinction
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §97: of My mercyfire-tabletFire §30: Thy compassiongleaningsGWB §273: My mercykitab-i-ahdAhd §8: blessingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §153: heavenlyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §316: by virtue of Thy mercytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a mercytablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: in token of His mercy
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §224: in the daytimegleaningsGWB §244: The days of your lifekitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: the day of His Revelationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §454: days of my lifetablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: a Daythe-hidden-wordsHW §115: a passing daywill-and-testamentW&T §10: day passeth but thatepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: in those days
يَرْتَكِبُنَّ
literal: commit; commit, perpetrate; to commit
This form usually rendered as “perpetrate” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §89: ridinggleaningsGWB §468: Thou hast committedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: that which their hands have wroughtprayers-and-meditationsP&M §790: hath unitedthe-hidden-wordsHW §29: committethepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: commitgleaningsGWB §633: hast enteredkitab-i-iqanKIQ §51: accomplish
This form usually rendered as “grant”, “make”, “suffer” (16 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: We made itfire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §664: withhold notkitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: to make of themprayers-and-meditationsP&M §801: Establishtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §19: ordainedthe-hidden-wordsHW §12: have bountifully shedwill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant that
ذَواتَهُمْ
literal: essence; essence, self; essence, being
This form usually rendered as “own”, “souls” (5 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: beinggleaningsGWB §655: May my lifekitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: the very recessesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §119: of Thy Selfwill-and-testamentW&T §25: in personepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: in His EssencegleaningsGWB §386: for Himselfkitab-i-iqanKIQ §106: the unchangeable Being
This form usually rendered as “deserveth”, “befit” (3 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §249: untogleaningsGWB §484: duekitab-i-ahdAhd §3: righteousnesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §203: in factprayers-and-meditationsP&M §106: about Whomthe-hidden-wordsHW §92: mysterieswill-and-testamentW&T §27: a fixed money offering (Ḥuqúq)epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §184: true
SE rendered مُسْتَحِقَّةً (mustaḥiqqahan), لِظُهُوراتِ (liẓuhúrát), قَهْرِكَ (qahrik) as “anger”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: the All-Conqueringfire-tabletFire §6: ChastisergleaningsGWB §66: the All-Subduing!”kitab-i-iqanKIQ §103: all-compelling powerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §793: Thine angerwill-and-testamentW&T §20: His vengeancegleaningsGWB §458: supremekitab-i-iqanKIQ §133: subjection
SE rendered مُسْتَحِقَّةً (mustaḥiqqahan), لِظُهُوراتِ (liẓuhúrát), قَهْرِكَ (qahrik), وَغَضَبِكَ، (waghaḍabika،) as “anger”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §145: wrathgleaningsGWB §257: fury of His wrathkitab-i-iqanKIQ §125: “wrath”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §793: Thy wrathwill-and-testamentW&T §5: the wrathepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: hatredgleaningsGWB §412: of His wrathprayers-and-meditationsP&M §796: anger
